Are they students or employees? Stanford joins surge in graduate student unions across the country
When Jason Anderson, a fifth-year PhD student, volunteered for a pop-up food pantry on Stanford University’s campus, he saw hundreds of grad students standing in long lines in the middle of their workday, sometimes with a wagon in one hand and a child in the other. “Once a month, the administration would show up at…
‘This is hell’: Repeat outages mar PG&E’s wildfire safety shift from tree trimming to circuit breakers
Laurel Adams Ferns awoke Monday to find her Walnut Creek home without power, necessitating a trip to a nearby cafe for an internet connection to get through her fourth outage in less than a month, each lasting more than 10 hours. Pacific Gas & Electric Co., which has been blamed for devastating wildfires caused by…
Mailbag: Cash available for the ‘Pac-4,’ the rules of withdrawal, options for WSU and OSU, Kliavkoff’s strategy and more
The Hotline mailbag is usually published on Fridays. Given the extraordinary events that led to the Pac-12’s demise, we are planning a series of mailbags (beginning today) in the hopes of addressing all of our readers’ concerns. Send questions to pac12hotline@bayareanewsgroup.com with the subject line’mailbag’. Alternatively, you can reach me on Twitter: @WilnerHotline. Please keep…
High school football 2023 preview: TCAL Stone Division
Tri-County Athletic League Stone Division (Predicted order of finish) No. 1 ST. MARY’S-BERKELEY Coach: John Trotman Jr. 2022 record: 11-1 What to expect: The Stone Division appears to be in good working order. Any of the four teams could win the championship. So why not go with the defending champion? The Panthers won 11 straight games before falling to…
Stanford, Cal in limbo as ACC presidents don’t vote on western expansion
The Atlantic Coast Conference presidents chose not to vote Wednesday night on whether to admit Stanford and California to the league, leaving the schools in limbo as they seek an alternative to the collapsing Pac-12, according to two people familiar with the situation. The individuals spoke on the condition of anonymity because neither the ACC…
Lawsuit alleges wrongdoing in Bay Area police shooting — will Alameda County DA Pamela Price charge the officers?
According to a federal lawsuit, Pleasanton police officers botched an incident last year with a domestic violence suspect, fatally shooting him in the head after he walked out of an apartment building carrying a kitchen knife. According to Ben Nisenbaum, a civil rights attorney and partner at the Oakland firm Burris Nisenbaum Curry & Lacy,…
Police raid ‘heavily fortified’ Brentwood home, seize 1,888 marijuana plants, firearm
BRENTWOOD, CALIFORNIA — California Department of Cannabis Control officers raided a “heavily fortified” home in a quiet suburb here, seizing nearly 2,000 cannabis plants and a gun, according to authorities. The Aug. 2 raid netted 1,888 marijuana plants, $22,300 in cash, and a loaded pistol discovered directly behind the residence, on a sidewalk frequented by…
Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘Year of Efficiency’ spreads from Meta to Priscilla Chan’s charitable organization, which just laid off dozens of people
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is a charitable vehicle for the wealthy couple. CZI just conducted its first layoff, not long after Meta laid off thousands of workers. One worker referred to the cuts as a “bloodbath.” This week, the charitable foundation of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan laid off its first…
Meta is rehiring some of the thousands of workers it laid off
Meta cut 25% of its workforce in a series of layoffs since November. As the company’s business performance improves, hiring is starting to pick up again. Many people let go by Meta are being rehired, although it might be for less pay than before. Many people who have been laid off by Meta in recent…
